The Universal Union: Invasion of Equestria

One afternoon, the Combine had clearly been worried about something - and Twilight Sparkle wants to find out what.

She began trotting towards the Nexus, and then got onto a bench. She acted casual, as if she wasn't listening into their conversion.

"Bravo, we've lost a major position. Unit reinforcements are currently cut off. Resources are limited. Our choices are currently, execute the remaining populace of this planet, and retreat... Or we can maintain our position, and use citizens as Overwatch from now on. Production is limited."

"Copy that, Golf."

The unit then began chattering into his radio, which was attached to the right of his chest's armor.

"All units, maintain state."

Multiple units had responded back, with a "Copy that", or a "Roger."

The units began to patrol down the street, which led Twilight to stand up.

She pondered 'Interesting, but what's that mean? What major position? Where, even?'

Twilight heard a couple of blasts emitting from an alley, which she had jumped at.

She quickly looked around her - seeing nobody but other ponies, she quickly made a dash for the alley. Once there, she viewed around the corner and saw Rainbow Dash, and a few others running off.

They had killed two units, and took a lot of their equipment.

Twilight ran over, and viewed their equipment, before quickly picking up an H&K 9mm Match, and looking at it.

She thought, 'I think I understand how to use this... I've seen it enough times...'

She flicked a part, which had turned off safety. She wasn't sure what to call it, but thought in her mind

'I think I have to do this to make it work.'

She then looked it over, before hearing some one behind her.

"You, citizen!"

She jumped at the noise, looking back she saw a Metropolice Unit, who had just noticed the bodies.

He quickly said "Drop your weapon! Now!"

She looked back, and imitated dropping the pistol.

The unit began walking over to the pistol, and looked at Twilight before reaching down for it.

She gulped in fear - she grabbed the pistol back into her magic, and then aimed it at the unit before firing as it was aimed. She jumped at the noise, her ears slightly rung as she then dropped it and closed her eyes in shock.

"You are charged with anti-civil activity level one. Protection unit prosecution code: duty, sword, operate...", echoed throughout the small town.

After hearing this, Twilight ran off into the slums.

Radio Communications Channel

"Overwatch.", said a Metropolice Unit into his radio.

"Apply", responded a semi-robotic sounded, female-like voice.

"Eight-eight-nine-three-two-five, Union 02"

"Control is, 100% at current location. No sign of the reported 647E.

"Ready weapon. Sweep industrial sector."

"Copy."

"Possible 404 here...", said the unit before viewing a purple pony who just simply looked back, before running off.

"647E is evading! Requesting reinforcements on my 10-20."

"Reinforcements inbound to your location."

Twilight Sparkle

Twilight kept running, as she heard another dispatch...

"Attention protection team, status evasion in progress in this community. Respond, isolate, inquire."

Her eyes widened just slightly more, as she kept running onwards.

She heard units entering the area. She was surrounded.

Once she was surrounded by a total of five units, she heard gunfire from the shadows.

One of the units screamed "Shit!", as the next yelled

"11-99, officer needs assist-", before he was killed by the group.

"Attention, community. Unrest procedure code is now in effect. Inoculate, shield, pacify. Code: pressure, sword, sterilize."

Another dispatch echoed throughout the streets.

Unrest had begun to fill the streets, gunfire began to cover all the other sound in the area.

"Twilight!", said Rainbow Dash with shock on her face.

"Rainbow, I didn't expect you to be here.", Twilight said back.

"I think we've got bigger thinks to worry about, Twilight.", said Rainbow Dash with a look of uncertainty on her face.

"Seems so. Maybe we can get out of the town?", Twilight asked.

"I know a way, but it won't work out if we're getting as many out as possible. The front gate could be destroyed possibly. I don't know how, but it outta be possible.", said Rainbow Dash in response.

"Maybe..."

A helicopter flew overhead, and the group looked straight up. The aircraft began firing at the ponies on the ground.

The helicopter flew off after it's attack on the town.

"Attention all ground protection teams, autonomous judgment is now in effect. Sentencing is now discretionary. Code: amputate, zero, confirm.", this was the point where loyalists weren't even safe.

Large strikes of artillery had begun being fired at the town, as ponies died left and right.

Hours later, most of the combine forces left the town.

The artillery stopped, and the ponies seemed safe.

In the end, they had infiltrated the Nexus. The Nexus contained weaponry, and vehicles. A single tank used by conscripts, and three Armored Personnel Carriers.

Ponies had loaded up, putting on at least some armor.

They had found the main door broken in the combines flee.

The ponies all rallied up, preparing for a strike on the citadel. They discovered files that had contained information that should've been burnt before the combine fled - but they were never burned anyway.

Inside, it pointed out the reaches of the artillery. The artillery could go all over - but the only place it couldn't reach was Canterlot. The reason for this, was so if rebel forces got hold of the cannons, they couldn't use them on Canterlot unless they moved them a ways over, but by then the Combine would know what happened to the barrage.

The rebels found a very bland file, that designated the construction points of the citadel. No pony could understand why it was here, but perhaps they didn't expect a smaller area to be able to resist this easily?

Using this information, the ponies gathered up into the tank, and their assigned APC's. Once they figured out how they were used, they drove out of the just wide enough, busted gate.

They stuck to the right, off of the road, and found the rail road. They began following it up into Canterlot.

Five Hours Later

The rebels have found their way to the city. The border seemed relatively open, and after observations they discovered that if an APC drives up, the large doors will open. Using this, they returned to the road, and drove up to the door, earning a few strange looks, but their suspicion seemed to leave once the gate opened for the three groups.

Once inside, they had to remain quiet and couldn't have any way for them to be seen.

They followed the road through the large city, which led them to the citadel. There was a massive pit around the Citadel, but they decided to observe the pit below for any ways in.

A pegasus quickly slipped from their APC, and looked down, and flew towards a large edge that trailed around. Once on it, the mare looked over and saw an opening, but it'd require a run up and a jump, or just a quick fly over. She grinned at her discovery, and viewed up above the pit. Once it was clear, she quickly return into the APC, exhaling.

She said to the group, "Okay.. I see a way in? But we'd have to jump, or fly across. It's really risky..."

Twilight said "I'll radio it to the others.", looking over her radio as she still struggled with it. Once she found the correct button, she said into it...

"We've got a way in - but be ready to jump."

The ponies looked out, and once it was clear, they dived down to the small cliff edge, in hopes they wouldn't be found in the area, they quickly made it to the area the pegasus described to them.

"I don't think...", said an Earth Pony, who stared at the pit. But then he quickly shook his head, and made a run for it, landing on a platform which then lifted him up into the small entry way described.

He seemed like he had seen a ghost, but of course who wouldn't be scared in that situation?

About thirty minutes later, all but one of the ponies made it across.

The final pony had jumped, only for a bullet to land in her head, which she then hit the platform, limply falling into the pit below.

The ponies cringed and quickly backed into the entrance. They began running their way up, sneaking by or fighting their way past groups of units...

Once at a ton of pods moving down lines, a pony quickly ran in front of one as it closed, and she practically got forced into the pod.

She yelled, "What?! I don't like this!", and the pod stopped every while.

The ponies noticed why - a large plasma beam was in place, firing into the pods as they rolled by.

A pegasus quickly flew over, in an attempt to pull it open, but she couldn't manage it. Her wing was hit by the pod in an instant, and the pegasus had to quickly grab the pod. She hung off of it, saying "I.. Can't get it open... Maybe there's a way on the back of the pod!", as she let go of the pod, and dropped down before quickly regaining flight and grabbing onto the back of the pod. She was distracted, and just noticed the pony screaming. They were in the beams placement. She joined the scream as a plasma beam shot down into them, killing them instantly. Their screams seemed to echo throughout the citadel endlessly...

"I.. Can't believe I just... Watched that...", said Twilight Sparkle, moving a hoof step closer, before they were found by a group of Overwatch.

"Citadel has been breached! Anti-citizens in the citadel!", and the ponies quickly got to the other side of the room, and so Twilight realized the pods on the other side had been going elsewhere.

Twilight yelled "Into this sides pods, they'll bring us elsewhere!"

"Are you MAD?!", declared a pony, as the others quickly climbed into the pods with no where else to go.

"I... I guess this'll have to do.", said the pony who entered a pod, only for a bullet to strike the top of the railing, blowing it off and the pod plummeted down the abyss that the citadel contained down below.

The other ponies couldn't tell what was going on due to their lack of ability to move their head in the pod. But they could only imagine what happened as they heard the screams.

The ponies had managed to get to a point in the citadel using the pods, where they found white Overwatch units at the door.

The ponies were practically arrested - and brought into a large room that Celestia seemed to own, along side Luna.

Once there, Celestia said "Soldiers, could we have some privacy?"

Which the soldiers then left the room, and once the door had closed, Celestia locked the door, and picked up a device that opened the groups pods, which they then climbed out of.

"Go up the next elevator using this.", Celestia said, giving Twilight the device.

"But.. Princess, what about you?" asked Twilight.

"Don't worry about me - I trust you fully with this task, Twilight. I know you can do it.", responded Celestia, earning a sheepish look from Twilight.

"Thank you, Princess.", said Twilight as the bunch got onto the elevator.

The ponies made it to the core, viewing the amazing, pulsing ball in the center of something.

The ponies left the room by opening the window, and then walking out the ponies decided on a way to destroy what they saw.

Twilight looked to her right, and said "That bluish-black... Thing. What's the secondary trigger do?"

"I don't know, to be honest.", responded the pony.

"Well, try it on the shield-like parts maybe?", suggested Twilight

"It's worth a shot.", said the pony, who quickly pressed the trigger.

A pulse of energy fired from the weapon, and blew open the shielding, and Overwatch were heard below, gunfire echoing.

"Princess!" yelled Twilight, who stared back.

The crew of ponies began firing all the energy balls they could - which resulted in a large explosion from the center.

A large portal seemed to open in the center, and a dropship flew through, only to be exploded by what had been happening.

A large tower on the other end of the citadel exploded, and began falling towards the ponies.

"Run! Maybe we still have so-", and it seemed as though time froze, as the chaos around them echoed... And a blue suited man appeared, walking out of nowhere, touching Rainbow Dash, then Applejack, and Twilight. They all vanished. The remaining ponies viewed around, one saying

"Twilight?!", before the citadel exploded.

Everything seemed to explode. Ponies in the distance could view as the citadel detonated. The combine had been stranded, and all that could be done was the extermination of either the ponies, or the combine...

The war continued - the gunfire continued to echo, blood was spilt, until one side arose as victorious...